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2015–16 División de Honor de Rugby

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Countries
  
Spain

Matches played
  
132

Relegated
  
Pozuelo

2015–16 División de Honor de Rugby

Date
  
19 September 2015 – 1 May 2016 (regular season)15 May 2016 – 28 May 2016 (championship playoff)

Champions
  
SilverStorm El Salvador

Runners-up
  
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares

The 2015–16 División de Honor was the 38th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970. Regular season began on 19 September 2015 and finished on 1 May 2016.

Contents

Championship's playoffs began on May finishing with the Final on 28 May.

SilverStorm El Salvador won its eighth División de Honor title after defeating local archrivals VRAC Quesos Entrepinares in the Final 24–23, held at Estadio Pepe Rojo on 28 May. Pozuelo was the relegated team to División de Honor B 2016–17.

Competition format

The regular season runs through 18 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, it is the turn of championship playoffs. The breakdown is as follows;

  • Teams in 1st & 2nd at regular season standings receive a bye to semifinal.
  • Teams at 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th position plays for the two vacant places in quarter-finals.
  • Team in 11th position plays the relegation playoff.
  • Team in 12th position is relegated.
  • Each win means 4 points to winning team.
  • A draw means 2 points for each team.
  • 1 bonus point for a team that achieves 4 tries in a match.
  • A defeat by 7 or less points means 1 bonus point for defeated team.

    • Relegation playoff

    Relegation playoff to be played over two legs by the team qualified 11th in División de Honor and losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final play the relegation playoff. Winner team will play in División de Honor 2016–17 season and the loser team in División de Honor B.

    2nd leg

    Bizkaia Gernika won 129–25 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2016–17season.

    References

    2015–16 División de Honor de Rugby Wikipedia
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